United Democratic Front (Kerala)
The United Democratic Front (UDF) is an alliance of political parties in Kerala state, India, created by the Indian National Congress (then known as Congress-Indira) party leader K. Karunakaran in 1978.[1]
United Democratic Front UDF Keralam | |
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Chairperson | Ramesh Chennithala |
Secretary | Johnny Nellore |
Founder | K.Karunakaran |
Founded | 1978 |
Headquarters | Indira Bhavan, Vellayambalam, Thiruvanathapuram (Kerala) |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 19 / 20 |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 4 / 9 |
Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly | 45 / 140 |
Since the 1980s, the coalition has sustained itself as a front to take on the Communist Party of India-Marxist led Left Democratic Front.
The parties in the alliance and their representation in Kerala Legislative Assembly post 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election [2] are as follows:
Members
Past members
Founding members (1978)
New members (1979-81)
Party | Withdrawal Date | Reason for Withdrawal/Dismissal | |
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SJ (D) | 2016 | Merged with JD (U) | |
KC (B) | 2016 | Withdrew from alliance | |
CMP(A) | 2016 | Withdrew from alliance | |
JSS | 2016 | Dismissed from alliance | |
KC M (Jose) | 2020 | Dismissed from alliance |
List of UDF MLAs in the Kerala Niyamasabha
The UDF have 44 MLAs in the Kerala Niyamasabha, which consists of 140 elected seats in total. UDF is the main opposition in the Kerala Niyamasabha.
Key
List of UDF Lok Sabha MPs from Kerala
Out of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala, 19 were won by the UDF in 2019 Lok Sabha election. The following is the list of UDF Lok Sabha MPs from the state of Kerala:
Key
No. | Constituency | Name of Elected M.P. | Party Affiliation |
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1 | Kasaragod | Rajmohan Unnithan | INC |
2 | Kannur | K.Sudhakaran | INC |
3 | Vatakara | K Muraleedharan | INC |
4 | Wayanad | Rahul Gandhi | INC |
5 | Kozhikode | M. K. Raghavan | INC |
6 | Malappuram | P.K. Kunhalikutty | IUML |
7 | Ponnani | E. T. Muhammed Basheer | IUML |
8 | Palakkad | V.K.Sreekandan | INC |
9 | Alathur | Ramya Haridas | INC |
10 | Thrissur | T.N.Prathapan | INC |
11 | Chalakudy | Benny Behanan | INC |
12 | Ernakulam | Hibi Eden | INC |
13 | Idukki | Dean Kuriakose | INC |
14 | Kottayam | Thomas Chazhikadan | KC(M) |
15 | Mavelikkara | Kodikunnil Suresh | INC |
16 | Pathanamthitta | Anto Antony Punnathaniyil | INC |
17 | Kollam | N. K. Premachandran | RSP |
18 | Attingal | Adoor Prakash | INC |
19 | Thiruvananthapuram | Shashi Tharoor | INC |